Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1887-01-02

that event would alay the ex-
a-permed state of the public feel ng
40 TINS time. Mr.. stanton does not believe
thai anrtnng eYrent a determined favorable
| turn IA military auairs VIII prevent the def at
OF the "epubllc1p party at he next election.
and Judge Nack has come to me to learn the
sla.e OF feeling in The Confederate states.
and TO know whether was aule o say II ne
got atlnns for peace COuld he opened without
me ulllmatum OF final separation. am gwen
10 understand that a proposition will be con-
e"tred which VIII secure us in all our rights,
! present aud prospective. | was not author
Ilcu u make - direct and positive reply, but
sWd that tn Emperor OF the French had ap-
| paIentlN sympAthiZed with uS, but had utter
| ~ lalted 10 ofer us ad-On the contrary, had
used us as a means TO affront tue United
states before all the world by
making President Lincoln practical
repudIato the cherished Monroe doctrine,
! aud that we were uuder no Obligations to tho
French Emperor; that England IN her solhsh
| poucy had cast us of, and while her people
symputhzed with us Lord Palmerston was
| willing to see us eNtermlnated If thereby
| England could enlarge her cotton fields ana
! increase her carving trade. judge Black
! has returned to Washingtln, however, after
! promising to communicate with me further
W hout delay. In the meantime the Chicago
! Convention IL TO be held next week. and as
! the time approaches think Gen. Mcclellan .
! CHANGES Tor nomination as war Democrat
| are improving, | do not consider. however,
| no matter WI is elected, that it Is reasonable
| to believe that peace may be restored wlthout
the restoration of the Union as IL was.
| IL is by no means improD a.
| bic that the two sections OF
country VIII on some basis form independent
| governments with the cOseSt possible al
liances, ana II this be so, from that date theee
| nations. feeling their great strength. Will le-
! come propaga gandists tsofrepublicanism of through
! out the world. aud Que OF their first duties
| VIII he to eNpel MHNimiiian from Mexico ano
! Great Britain from Canada. | write al thlt
! length for your consideration. The Confed-
! craze States prefer eternal ard complete sepa-
| ration, but II the enlightened and powerful
nations Of Europe ehall continue TO push uf
aside we must take care OF ourselves. VIII
! the governments OF England and France etill
! coldy aud ndlflerently look on at the carnage
and desIiAtlon sweeping over the lAnd and
| make no effort TO arrest itY Were
! nterpo dtou tbs war would be ended IN
! twenty days, and II would secure their rights
respectively in Mexico and Canada. But
| they must act. and act without delay, The
| Emperor may he mistaken in euppesiDg that
! President Lincoln viii he elc ted in Novem-
Der, and that thus Macmillan will have four
! more years in which TO establish and confirm
his power in Mexico. England. too, Is m is
| taken IN believing that the government at
! WashlngtoD won be angry II she intcrp0sed
| for peace. The military sltuation II such that
| LincOln would be reli we'd by such In erfer-
ence. MIR. Clay and / have deemed the con =
| sideration OF this matter Of sufficient impor-
tance to Justify MS IN securing tha
services of Hon. james T.. lilo comb
present condition of alTairs, to bear
our Communications to you. Our people wish
TO know as early as practicable whether
| England and France will stand OF and ace
| a union OF these States brought about, a. leas
| 1r all foreign and military purposes. II will
| be observed that in this war the Confederate
states have mad TO fight the world, ireland,
| Germany, Switzerland. SwedeD. the Indian
Territories having Seut forward thou auds,
and un,tiUg IN m with our own slaves and
renegadts IN great numbers to work the de-
| struu Jion OF our people. But thank God our
arm es are IN the best OF spirts, bulyant and
confident. England and France refuse TO Sc
| us ships and in addition allow to cont.hue a
| b Ockadc which ls clearly lie al. aud invites
the des ructlOn Of our commerce. Or
armies are strong enough to meet AMI repulse
the present organized Federal forces. and
this is confessed 10y the action OF President
| Lincoln in the present draft for 100000 more
| men. These, however, even II raised. viii
not be aule to participate IN the fall aud
winter campaigns Gen. Grant will be bound
TO withdraw from In front of Petersburg, aud
even II Gen, sherman should succeed ia cap
turing Atlanta 1t is improbable that his great
army can escape destruction in It's present
pertlOus position. The harOOr of Mob le may
he closed. hut the city will not fall. The army
west of the VI Mssi5sipp has never been 70 wei
organized as now. The determination Of our
people to brave all things--even to the IteT
end-n defense oil what IL right has not
abateu. but we are weary OF blood and strik
and If the world casts MS or we will not CD
.Ss %Gs Seosure eG Of bum5 merely ,bss aSs
matters are fairly preRnted to the courts Of
England and France / would be pleased tC
know what We may expect from them, and
my adVices to the government at Richmond
will be modified by your reply. Please let me
therefore hear from you promptly remain
with great respect, very truly yours.
JACOB THOMPSON.